Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 494:

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Allison had no way of reading his thoughts, only feeling the pulse of tension as his fingers tightened around her wrist, turning his knuckles ghostly white.

“If you know that, Mr. Lloyd,” she said, meeting his intense gaze with all the steadiness she could muster, “then let go of me.”

But Kellan didn’t move.

Instead, he took his time, his tall figure looming over her as he leaned in. The alley felt too narrow, too tight, as if the air itself had thinned around them, trapping them both.

“After all, between you and me, it was always just…” The words she’d poised to speak vanished in her throat as he closed the final gap. And then, without warning, he crashed his lips onto hers, silencing everything—thought, breath, the entire world.

The tension crackled between them, reminiscent of those previous nights filled with confusion and desire. It was dangerous—beyond forbidden.

alley, there was no guarantee that someone wouldn’t catch

strike him, but Kellan was quicker, thrusting his right leg between hers,

closeness was undeniable,

kiss that followed was intense,

the heat of the moment. Suddenly, Allison bit down hard on his lower lip, tasting the sharp tang of blood

away, slapping him hard across the

for your games,”

his lip, but he simply wiped it away with his finger,

his eyes

anything real, you’d know I’m not just playing with

gesture that

just to see if you cared, and I ended up more tangled than ever,” he admitted, his voice raw, laced with bitter irony. “I swore I’d never fall the

calm—the calm that hints at the

and enough ice in your veins to walk away without a second thought. But I